The Michigan Senate voted to pass a bill on Thursday that would allow phone companies to eliminate landline telephone service with only 90 days’ notice starting in 2017.

The Senate approved Senate Bill 636 on a 31-4 tally. The bill will now go to the state House.

AARP Michigan designated the vote on SB 636 as a “key vote,” meaning the organization deems the legislation important to membership and will report how each Senator voted. An unscienfitic online poll of AARP members and others showed 83 percent want to keep landline service and 97 percent oppose the bill.

Melissa Siefert, Associate State Director for Govermental Affairs at AARP Michigan, said she appreciated some changes made to the bill but remains concerned that some people could be left without affordable, reliable service. Seifert said the bill does not provide the consumer protections that are in current telecommunications law.